Re: Chronicles Of The Sword, Different Sound Out Of Each Speaker

Posted on 2006-11-20, 00:09

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by vasyl

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What's in [sblaster] section of your dosbox.conf? Does it match whatever you've entered in game setup? Try using different Soundblaster type or switch to Gravis Ultrasound.

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Re: Playing MIDI via the OPL Emulation

Posted on 2006-11-19, 06:42

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by vasyl

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Most all Soundblaster cards came with a small program called PLAYMIDI. Last time I've checked, that worked flawlessly in DOSBox.

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Re: Direction for future development

Posted on 2006-11-19, 06:39

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by vasyl

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I think he is talking about static recompilation. It is possible in theory, as long as there is no self-modifying code around, but it is quite a lot of work in case of x86 architecture. It may actually work for some games. Overall, the technique is practically unrelated to DOSBox -- there may be …

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Re: Installing: Program too big to fit in memory.

Posted on 2006-11-15, 07:45

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by vasyl

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That behavior is not unusual for damaged executables. Try re-downloading. If you are using some older browser, make sure it does not play any tricks like saving binary file as text. Run disk check and virus check.

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Re: Feature Request: Innovation SSI-2001 Support

Posted on 2006-11-15, 04:53

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by vasyl

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A little update about Lexi-Cross. I've got a "guaranteed good" copy in a box and it definitely does not support Innovation board. In fact, the copy floating around is fairly clean and complete (a few puzzles appear to be played though). The box does mention "Innovation," it also says "Most sound …

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Re: Sound on DOSBox videos?

Posted on 2006-11-13, 04:33

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by vasyl

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After you run DOSBOX installer, go to Program Files/DOSBox-0.65/zmbv (or wherever you have it installed), right-click on zmbv.inf, and select "Install."

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Re: Sound on DOSBox videos?

Posted on 2006-11-12, 22:58

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by vasyl

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You are missing ZMBV codec. It is part of the "official" DOSBox distribution, just run the installer once and it should work.

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Re: Kings Quest 6 problems with intro

Posted on 2006-11-08, 07:11

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by vasyl

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Checked the Second Reality, does not look that different before and after the patch for me. The smoke part definitely flickers but it does that in unpatched build as well. I am more concerned about a kind of palette glitch just before the starship (or whatever it is) scene in the beginning, but it …

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Re: Kings Quest 6 problems with intro

Posted on 2006-11-08, 05:41

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Oops, a little problem. There was a later change that rendered my patch non-functional. In file vga_draw.cpp, line 354: // VGA_DrawPart(vga.draw.parts_lines); PIC_AddEvent(VGA_DrawPart,vga.draw.delay.parts/2,vga.draw.parts_lines); //Else tearline in Tyrian and second reality After applying the patch …

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Re: Feature Request: Innovation SSI-2001 Support

Posted on 2006-11-07, 18:41

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by vasyl

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Sounds very reasonable. I should update my patch to NTSC frequency value -- it uses 985KHz right now. Not that the difference is dramatic, it's just 4%. EDIT: Updated the patch.

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Re: Kings Quest 6 problems with intro

Posted on 2006-11-07, 18:39

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Oh, I am perfectly aware of that. There were some significant changes in rendering introduced after 0.58, one of them broke KQ6 intro and a few other games. My patch changes rendering timings so those work properly. I don't think it introduces any artifacts but jury is still out waiting for …

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Re: Feature Request: Innovation SSI-2001 Support

Posted on 2006-11-06, 02:04

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by vasyl

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Ah, just run f19.com with switch /ab (or /aa for Adlib, etc.) I own two copies of F-19 but one of them is the original 5.25" floppy version with copy protection, and the other is "Player's Choice" with that stupid installer that does not work properly with DOSBox yet, and does not offer Innovation …

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Re: Feature Request: Innovation SSI-2001 Support

Posted on 2006-11-05, 07:17

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It wants "d" library? I'll have to check, this is not entirely right. In any case, my version of the library is attached. I did not want to upload too much stuff to the forum. I hope that ykhwong will pick the patch in a day or two, things will become much easier then. Just in case, adding zlib1.dll …

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Re: Feature Request: Innovation SSI-2001 Support

Posted on 2006-11-05, 06:26

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by vasyl

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Odd. It's very readable and says "Innovation," no mistake there. But the only version of Lexi-Cross I could find has only selections NONE, TANDY, ROLAND, ADLIB, SOUND BLASTER (it is not obvious how to access sound setup -- use "lex.exe !"). Either there are multiple versions of the game or the box …

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Re: Feature Request: Innovation SSI-2001 Support

Posted on 2006-11-05, 01:21

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Battletech 2 also works great -- apparently, even routes voice through Innovation card. The voice quality is actually better than Adlib. Red Storm Rising works as well. Makes me think that some other Microprose games of the same time should have support but the only other game listed on Mobygames ( …

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Re: Feature Request: Innovation SSI-2001 Support

Posted on 2006-11-04, 08:58

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by vasyl

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Here's the very experimental build with Innovation SSI-2001 emulation using reSID. By default, the emulation is disabled. To enable emulation, add this to [speaker] section (temporary location, will be somewhere else in the final patch): innova=true innovabase=280 innovahq=true The first line will …

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Re: Feature Request: Innovation SSI-2001 Support

Posted on 2006-11-04, 06:03

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Pretty good. Check this: Write 0280h <- 00h Write 0281h <- 00h Write 0282h <- 00h Write 0283h <- 00h Write 0284h <- 00h Write 0285h <- 00h Write 0286h <- 00h Write 0287h <- 00h Write 0288h <- 00h Write 0289h <- 00h Write 028ah <- 00h Write 028bh <- 00h Write 028ch <- 00h Write 028dh <- 00h Write …

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Re: Feature Request: Innovation SSI-2001 Support

Posted on 2006-11-04, 00:44

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by vasyl

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Innovation driver file in U6 is one of the smallest audio drivers there (the only smaller driver is Roland). The file itself is barely 1K binary, should not be that difficult to analyze. Also, the game does not check for the card presense. Just setting that card and watching port 280 (or whatever …

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Re: Feature Request: Innovation SSI-2001 Support

Posted on 2006-11-01, 08:30

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by vasyl

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Very rare, some people even doubt that it ever existed. Some good information here: http://museum.gravisultrasound.net/articles/ssi2001.htm. Looks like the card was never available in retail -- direct order only. No wonder it is so rare.

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Re: Patch for Tseng SVGA support is available in SourceForge

Posted on 2006-10-31, 07:53

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by vasyl

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I still don't like the fact that it does not work on Visual Studio builds at all. That patch could've triggered it but there is something else going on. Probably, uninitialized variable somewhere. I'll take a closer look when I get some time.

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